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University of Minnesota alumni who just went stealth

11 University of Minnesota alumni started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Sachin Kulkarni

Founder and CTO
Left
Intuit
Group Engineering Manager
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Group Engineering Manager at Intuit2025-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Software Development Manager at Amazon2009-2025
  • Software Engineer at Thomson Reuters2009-2009
  • Engineering Intern at Seagate Technology2008-2008
  • Software Engineer at Philips2006-2007
  • Summer Intern at Sun Microsystems2006-2006
Education
  • University of MinnesotaMS
  • PES UniversityBE

Prince Bajracharya

Co-Founder & CEO
Left
WTIA
Founder in Residence
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Founder in Residence at WTIA2025-2026 · left Jan 2026
  • Product Manager at Google2022-2025
  • Principal Product Manager Lead at Microsoft2012-2022
  • Research Assistant at University of Minnesota2011-2011
  • Program Manager Intern at Microsoft2011-2011
  • Senior Software Engineer at LEXI2005-2010
Education
  • University of MinnesotaMS
  • Webster UniversityBS
Left
Young Investors Society
Global Youth Investment Summit (GYIS) - Attendee
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Global Youth Investment Summit (GYIS) - Attendee at Young Investors Society2026-2026 · left May 2026
  • Quantitative Research & AI Strategy Intern at Vaelis Labs2026-2026
  • CS SAIL Attendee at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign2026-2026
  • Data Analytics Intern at Blackdot Technologies LLC2025-2025
  • Investment Team Member - MV Chapter at Young Investors Society2024-2025
Education
  • University of Minnesota
  • University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering

Morayo Koleosho

Co-Founder
LeftNot listed
Before thatNone listed
Went stealthAug 2026
Education
  • University of Minnesota
  • University of PennsylvaniaBE

Darsh Garg

Co-Founder
Left
University of Minnesota, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics
Undergraduate Researcher
Before that
Went stealthLaunched Optum
Work
  • Undergraduate Researcher at University of Minnesota, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics2024-2025 · left May 2025
  • AI/ML Intern at College.xyz2026-2026
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant at University of Minnesota Department of Computer Science & Engineering2026-2026
  • AI Engineering Intern (Architecture & Innovation Team) at Honeywell Technologies2025-2025
  • Cyber Security Officer Cadet (Intern) at Minnesota National Guard2024-2025
  • Soldier at Minnesota National Guard2023-2025
  • Head Venture Innovation Intern at Technological Leadership Institute, University of Minnesota2024-2025
Education
  • University of MinnesotaUndergrad
  • University of Minnesota College of Science and EngineeringBS
  • Harvard UniversityBachelor's

Ethan Genteman, FCAS, MAAA

Co-Founder, President
Left
Palomar
Chief Actuarial Officer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Chief Actuarial Officer at Palomar2019-2026 · until Jul 2026
  • Senior Actuarial Specialist at Intact2016-2019
  • Catastrophe Analyst at Howden Tiger2012-2016
Education
  • University of MinnesotaBA

Josh Rosenthal

Co-Founder, CEO
Left
Polychain Capital
President
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • President at Polychain Capital2021-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Institutional Coverage at FalconX2021-2021
  • Associate at JPMorgan Chase2019-2021
  • Analyst at Goldman Sachs2015-2019
  • President at Sigma Phi Epsilon (Official)2013-2014
Education
  • University of MinnesotaBachelor's
  • Northwestern UniversityMBA
  • Universität St.GallenBachelor's

Todd Rawlings

Co-Founder
Left
Microsoft
Innovation Leader & Team Manager, Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I)
Before that
Went stealthJun 2026
Work
  • Innovation Leader & Team Manager, Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) at Microsoft2009-2022 · left Aug 2022
  • Vice President, Enterprise Operations at Chase2001-2009
  • Director of User Experience at HOMEGROCER.COM1999-2002
Education
  • University of MinnesotaBA
Left
Stratus Therapeutics
President & CEO
Before that
Went stealthJan 2026
Work
  • President & CEO at Stratus Therapeutics2025-2025 · left Nov 2025
  • Cofounder, Chairman & CEO at Rain Oncology2017-2024
  • Senior Vice President, Chief Business Officer at Aptose Biosciences, Inc.2013-2017
  • Biotechnology Investment Banking at Wedbush2011-2013
  • Senior Director, Corp Development at Proteolix2009-2009
  • Vice President, Investment Banking at Citi2006-2009
  • Vice President, Equity Research at Corivent2004-2006
Education
  • University of MinnesotaMBS
  • UMN Carlson School of ManagementMBA
  • Carleton CollegeBA

Kari Pulli

Chief AI Officer, Co-Founder
Left
Google
Director of Compute SW
Before that
Went stealthJan 2026
Work
  • Director of Compute SW at Google2020-2025 · left May 2025
  • Advisor at Deeping Source Inc.2018-2021
  • Advisor at Analog Inference2018-2020
  • VP of Computing at Raxium2018-2020
  • CTO at Meta Company2017-2018
  • Advisor at Visbit Inc.2017-2018
  • Senior Principal Engineer at Intel2015-2017
Education
  • University of MinnesotaB. Comp. Sci.
  • University of OuluMBA
  • Stanford UniversityPost-doc

Paul Downing

Founder and Software Engineer
Left
Kava Labs Inc
Software Engineering Manager
Before that
Went stealthJan 2026
Work
  • Software Engineering Manager at Kava Labs Inc2020-2025 · left Dec 2025
  • Software Engineer at TeamSnap2019-2020
  • Software Engineer at Granicus2015-2019
  • Associate QA Analyst at SPS Commerce2012-2015
  • Student Manager / Goldy's Gameroom Lane Mechanic at University of Minnesota - Student Unions & Activities2010-2012
Education
  • University of MinnesotaBachelor's

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  -d '{
    "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.company_name",
        "type": "[.]", "value": "stealth" },
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.title",
        "type": "(.)", "value": "founder" }
    ]},
    "fields": ["basic_profile", "experience", "education"],
    "config": { "trigger": { "type": "interval", "every_hours": 168 } }
  }'
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About this list

What "stealth" means here: the person's current job is a founder title (Founder, Co-Founder, Founder & CEO…) at a company listed as "Stealth", "Stealth Startup" or similar, because they haven't announced it yet.

Where it comes from: public professional profiles, via the Crustdata API. A new search runs every week and adds whoever newly matches. Profiles can take a few weeks to show up, and start dates are by month.

The company on each row is the most recent job before going stealth, with the title they held there. Where we can, we skip internships, advisor seats and freelance stints. On a "former employer" page it shows the job at that employer instead. Click a row for their full work history and education.